ETYMOLOGYthe name of the chief character (Ralph Royster Doyster) in Udall's comic play, based upon roister (n.), written about 1533

EXAMPLEFrom: Four Letters, and Certain Sonnets,Especially touching Robert Greene,and Other Parties by him AbusedBy Gabriel Harvey, 1592Printed ?The Third Letter. To every Reader, favourably or indifferently affected. P. 37